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October 30, 2017
More than 12 million Americans – including 143,577 Louisianans – bought health coverage in 2017 through the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) health insurance marketplace. But as the Nov. 1 start of the 2018 open enrollment period looms, the future of that coverage remains uncertain due to President Donald Trump’s repeated efforts to undermine the federal health reform law. … Read more...
August 3, 2017
While congressional efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act are on hold, President Donald Trump’s administration is still debating whether to cut off payments to insurance companies that have kept premiums affordable for millions of Americans who buy coverage through the individual marketplace.
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39,052- number of Louisianans who are employed at firms owned by immigrants. (Source: New American Economy)January 24, 2017
U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana joined three of his colleagues on Monday in laying out a plan to replace the federal Affordable Care Act with an alternative that represents a partial retreat from earlier promises to repeal the landmark law in its entirety.
January 5, 2017
Louisiana leads the country in higher education budget cuts since the start of the Great Recession.